FTP is the quick and effective means of transporting volumes of data across the internet.
It has an automatic support system. Every time a user edits the files in the local system, he/she can revise the same by replicating it to the host system in the site. So in situations wherein the site has collapsed and all the data are gone, the user would still have a copy of it in his/her local system. What’s even better is that it also performs like the original copy. FTP provides a user power over transport. That is, a user can select the mode in which the data is transported over the system. The data can be transported either in the text mode or in the mode that can implement and compile files. A user can also do so, on the lists on the inaccessible systems, remove or rename the remote data while transporting the files between two hosts.
While applying FTP, other tools can also be utilized to have the user work more effective and simple.

Below are the steps and video tutorial on how to create an FTP account in Helm:

1. Log in to Helm control panel.

2. You can now start to create an FTP account in Helm.

3. Click the My Domains icon in the control panel interface.

4. Select the domain for which you wish to create an FTP account.

5. Scroll down.

6. Then, click the FTP Accounts icon.

7. Click the Add button.

8. Provide a username for the new FTP account in the blank box provided.

9. Then, provide the password and re-enter it in the blank fields provided.

10. Now, select a Home Directory for which this new FTP account will have access.

11. Checking the image beside the Home Directory box will enable the user to change the directory. In this case, wwwroot is used which is the base directory.

12. Scroll down. All the files and folders under the File and Folder Access can be selected or deselected.

13. When ready, click the Save button.

14. You have been successfully set up a new FTP account. You can go back to this page to create, delete and edit existing FTP accounts.

15. Click the Home button located at the upper left corner of the page to go back to the Home page.

16. This is the end of the demo. You now know how to set up new FTP accounts in Helm.